People

April 11, 2016 - Dengensha America recently added Jack Zhang as Technical Service Engineer. Zhang will have responsibility for providing customer service and support assistance for new and existing resistance welding customers in the United States and Canada.

April 1, 2016 - Satpute has nearly 30 years of experience in the aluminum industry and previously served as Chief Marketing Officer, Hindalco Industries Limited. Prior to his role with Hindalco, Satpute held roles of increasing responsibility within Novelis, including Director, Business Development & Innovation for Novelis Asia; Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Technical Services for Novelis Asia; and Managing Director of Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad (ALCOM).

March 29, 2016 - As engineering manager, Chordas will assist Talan’s customers in, among other things, designing products for manufacturability – one of our company’s major differentiators in the marketplace.

February 29, 2016 - As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Hoffman's responsibilities will be expanded to include all of Reliance's operating businesses. Mr. Hoffman will continue to report to Gregg J. Mollins, Reliance's President and Chief Executive Officer.

February 23, 2016 - With more than 20 years of experience in sales management for manufacturing companies throughout the U.S., Bodnar will oversee sales efforts in Bluff Manufacturing's Northeast region.

January 28, 2016 - Novelis, Atlanta, created two executive positions, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Global Can, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing Global Automotive. Effective April 1, Andy King will serve in the first position and Piere Labat will serve in the second.

January 28, 2016 - The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) elected Tracy Porter as chairman of the board of directors, Jeff Dyck was elected first vice chairman and Peter Campo was elected as second vice chairman. Outgoing chairman Richard Teets Jr. will remain on SMA’s Executive Committee.

January 26, 2016 - Ryerson Holding Corp., an international metals distributor based in Chicago, appointed Erich S. Schnaufer to chief financial officer. A 10-year veteran of the company, Schnaufer was interim CFO, succeeding Edward J. Lehner, who took over as president and CEO last year.

January 20, 2016 - Northern States Metals, a provider of custom-designed, engineered and extruded aluminum products and which makes Solar FlexRack, a racking system to the commercial and utility scale solar industry, selected Jeff Gwinnell as president and CEO.

January 14, 2016 - Effective January 1, Marmon/Keystone, has promoted two employees to director posts at the corporate office: Purchasing Manager Randy Bono has been appointed Director of Procurement and Merchandising and Tracy Taylor has been named Director of Human Resources.